NameTides

Mathew

Mathew was the #973 boys' name in the US in 2025 (235 babies), and #2,133 in England & Wales and #1,718 in Canada.

Mathew as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Mathew as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaEngland & Wales
Mathew as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#973 (235)#2,133 (11)——#829 (3)#1,718 (12)—
2024#936 (246)#1,517 (17)——#655 (4)#1,246 (18)—
2023#897 (259)#1,701 (14)#482 (6)—#770 (3)#1,342 (15)—
2022#878 (271)#2,321 (9)———#1,178 (18)—
2021#782 (315)#1,290 (20)———#1,230 (17)—
2020#711 (352)#1,431 (17)———#906 (26)—
2019#670 (389)#952 (30)#516 (5)#418 (3)#564 (5)#819 (29)—
2018#578 (479)#958 (30)#516 (5)—#749 (3)#910 (25)—
2017#551 (503)#996 (30)——#610 (4)#810 (30)—
2016#523 (565)#712 (48)——#491 (6)#681 (38)—
2015#477 (628)#640 (54)#320 (11)—#554 (5)#634 (41)—
2014#465 (625)#624 (55)#358 (10)—#715 (3)#554 (49)—
2013#431 (674)#647 (52)#316 (12)——#425 (68)—
2012#427 (656)#619 (57)#434 (7)#403 (3)#430 (8)#438 (63)—
2011#408 (691)#546 (64)#345 (10)#311 (4)#540 (5)#425 (66)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1987 at #140.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mathew is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,300 to 1 in 8,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mathew by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #789TXFlorida: #633FL
Mathew (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Mathew (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MathewCanadaBoys#1,71812
MathewEngland & WalesBoys#2,13311
MathewIrelandBoys#8293
MathewNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MathewNSWBoys—too few
MathewScotlandBoys—too few
MathewUSGirls—too few
MathewUSBoys#973235